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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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N.z. Farmers Coming to Berry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 2

A party of 32 young farmers from New Zealand arrived in Sydney, on Monday last, aged from 17 to 31 years. Their…

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Berry Junior Farmers

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 2

The Berry Junior Farmers’ Club held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the Public School, when the guest speaker was…

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Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

At the meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council Executive, on May 12, the general secretary reported the present…

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Films Of Dairy Industry In New South Wales

The Bega District News · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

The Department of Agriculture in New South Wales has selected some 33 dairy farms, including properties in inland areas, with the idea of showing…

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Miniature Farm Motor Truck

The Bega District News · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 9

Though not in any way a tractor for farm work, the Wrigiey Wessex Motor Truck is a handy vehicle for small loads and is quite capable of running over rough ground. This picture shows the truck being driven across a ploughed field, during a recent demonstration…

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Supplementary Feeding Project Selection of Farms

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 4

At a meeting, held at Berry on Friday night last, of the sub-committee of the Better Farming League, which is…

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New Zealand Farmers

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 3

The New Zealand farmers, 35 of them, stayed at Berry last night, guests at the Hotel Berry and the Great Southern Hotel,…

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Farmers' All Purpose Tractor

The Bega District News · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 4

The Public Health and Municipal Engineering Congress and Exhibition was recently held at Olympia, London. At the Exhibition were many interesting exhibits, including this tractor which can be used for [?]ing spraying, cutting hedging and many other uses. It also has a dozer…

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Check on Cost of Production Survey Why Difference In Milk And Butter?

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

Check surveys of 14 farms are being earned out by the investigators into the cost of butter production, These farms will be checked against those already selected for the increase in overall costs…

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Warning to Sheep Owners Scabby Mouth Disease in Sheep

The Bega District News · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 4

Mr. Frank F. Forster, stock Inspector of the Eden Pastures Protection Board, warn against the use of vaccine as a precaution against the…

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Farmers Fear C. A. Menace Pinning FAlTH in Strain 19

The Bega District News · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 5

Fearing the spread of the contagious abortion scourge among dairy herds in the district, the Bemboka Branch of the P.P.U. has decided…

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Dairy Supervision Council As Local Authority

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

By a proclamation under the Local Government Act, 1919, appearing in the Government Gazette on April 8. 1949, the…

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Co-operative Farming Enterprise

The Bega District News · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 2

A group of farmers at heading, Berkshire, who, having experienced the harvest of 1946, when the combine harvesters brought to their barns loads of grain so wet the mach of it was wasted, decided to co-operate in setting up factory; equipped, with the latest drying and cleaning machinery…

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Migrant Labour Availabile for Farms

The Bega District News · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 2

Mr. Allan Fraser, our Federal Member, has been discussing with the Minister for Immigration, Mr. Calwell, means of assisting farmers to obtain migrant…

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Berry Show Cattle. Registered or Unregistered

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 1

Increasing in popularity each succeeding year, those primarily reasonable for the wonderful cattle show at Berry’s annual…

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Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council “Hope to Meet More Often in Future”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 1

“Our last ordinary meeting was held on August [?] said the president of the Berry branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s…

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Treat for Junior Farmers

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 2

There was quite a good attendance, in spite of the rain, of members of the Berry. Junior Farmers’ Club at the Berry…

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Migrant Labor Available for Farms

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 3

The Better Farming League recently decided to take up the matter with Mr. A. D. Fraser. MP for Eden Monaro, the…

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Further Reports on Dingoes Sheep Killed

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 2

Following the shooting of a large dingo a week ago by Mr. Walter Ubrihlem, further reports of the depredations of these marauders have…

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Cattle Sale

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 5

Mr. A. J. Campbell reports that at the Jamberoo yards on Monday last over 50 head of cattle were disposed of,…

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